Show haws washington th journal cerr correspondent spona ent writes write cf tho tart tariff special to the journal victory is at sight it has been a hard bard fight and it is not yet quito quite done with but victory is in eight and next thursday the time of taking the vote was postponed in order to allow two days for the debonte op on the iacoma tox lax amend merit ment the wilson tario bill will include the income tax The there has never bk been n a moment of doubt in the minds of chairman wilton and the democrats who have been associated socia ted with in leading this fight as to final success and the number of doubters has been gradually lessoning lessening since tile the democratic caucus of last week endorsed the proposition to make the income tax an amendment to the wilson bill there are some hard fighters among 0 the democrats who have refused t to 0 be bound by the action of the caucus and tile the opening of the debate on the income tax amendment amendment today shows a bitter state of feeling in M which will probably result in lessening the majority by which the ibo wilson bill will be paused passed by about twenty votes but the object ions sought fought for will be obtained it will be passed the few amendments adopted aside from those approved by tile the the ways and means committee bears out the th prediction pie diction I 1 made when the bill was first reported only two tito amendments that chanin chan ch angin in the date which the free wool clause clause shall take effect upon was afterwards chan changed ed for a committee amendment na naming ming august 2 and that abolishing the sugar r bounty and putting refined cuaar sugar on the free list of importance which were opposed by the committee were a adopted d opted by the house while the comil committed commit littee teu succeeded in defeating opposed amendments strongly Etron gly backed to change the following 0 clauses of the bill coa coal 1 iron iron ore steel rails tin till plates agricultural products cotton salt lumber besides a number of lesser importance complete printed copies of the amended bill were on oil the desks of members today for the first time while the friends of the wilson tariff bill regret that the condition of senator mcphersons sons health would not permit him to remain in washington noton and per perform forin the arduous d duties that pertain to his membership of the sub committed corn mittic of the senate finance committee which will have bane charge 0 of the tariff bill ns as soon as it passes passes the house and is sent over to to the senate they rejoice that so staunch a tariff reformer as senators mills of texas will take his big place on the tho the experience of senator mills in preparing pie paring and getting the mills bill through 11 tile the house several years ago mado made him a tariff expert and vill make him a valuable addition to the committee mhd democratic Democrat io senators made it plain to their republican col leagues that they bey t intend to pass the hie bill for 60 tecal repeal of the odious election laws lairs although disposed to allow the opponents opponent a of tho the bill all the tinie time they can reasonably desire to talk against it by promptly defeating 0 the motion of senator chandle iwho has been allowed to boac as aa the leader of the republicans in the dedace to postpone poet pone further consideration of tho bill to next december baileys resolution aing the belief that tho secretary of the treasury lias has 11 no legal authority to ire tho the proceeds s of bonds sold under th the e ref resumption sump act for any other purpose than that stated in tile the act has been favorably reported to the house from the judiciary committee and sir nr bailey will endeavor to get a vote on it after tho tariff has been dispo disposed ed of secretary carlisle do does e 8 not agree with mr bailey on the contrary he be con contendo tenda that ile he can legally use lise every dollar that is in or may come into tile tiie treasury that is otherwise unappreciated to meet the obligations of the government ern ment the bonds will be issued this week unless the attempt that is being made today by lawyers in the employ of th 3 K knights nights of labor to secure an injunction from the supreme court of the district of columbia to prevent the sale of the bonda bond shall succeed and that nobody expects CAPITOL washington Vas hington jan 30 1891 1894 1 |